Cabinet for holding scraps



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J. s. NORRIS. Cabinet for Holding Scraps.

No. 242,472. Patented June 7,1881; 2

TTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. NORRIS, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

CABINET FOR HOLDING SCRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,472, dated June 7,1881.

Application filed February 14,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. NonRIs, ot the city of Joliet, in Willcounty, and State of Illinois, have invented a Cabinet for HoldingScraps Out from Newspapers, lllemorandn, Index to or Key to Library,&c., the construction and operation of which I will proceed to explain,rri'erenee being bad to the annexed drawings, and the letters andfigures thereon, making a part of this specification, in which Figure lis a front elevation ;j Fig. 2, a plan view of one of the receptacles;Fig. 3, a side view of the same, Fig. 4, a central vertical sectionalview of the case and skeleton-frame for holding the receptacles; Fig. 5,a front elevation of the case with one door closed; Fig. 6, a sideelevation of the upper end of one of the receptacles and its hook tohold it on the bars of the skeleton-frame, and Fig. 7 a perspective viewof one of the receptacles for holding memoranda, &c.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient and systematiccabinet to hold scraps or items out from newspapers, or other memoranda,arranged in alphabetical order or otherwise with reference tosubject-matter, for

ready reference, and also to be used as a key to a library by furnishinga convenient mode of reference thereto.

In the drawings, B represents the case, which is rectangular in shapeand deep enough to hold the parts to be inclosed within it, and isprovided with doors D to close the front, as is shown in Fig. 5, whereone door is closed.

The interior of the case B is provided with a skeleton-rack, S,suspended from the top by means of hinges, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, sothat the lower end will swing out from the case, as shown in saidfigures. The doors D are also provided on their inner sides with similarskeleton-racks hinged to the top, the same as in the case B. The racksin the doors may be any number and hinged together, as is shown in Figs.1 and 5, so as to be extensible, and also fold up within the door whenthe door is closed, so as to provide more room and enlarge the holdingcapacity of the device.

To the cross bars a of the skeleton-frames S are suspended a series ofreceptacles or en- These receptacles are provided at the upper end witha spring-hook, 1', Fig. 6, by means of which they hook onto and are heldupon the cross-bars a. by sufficient pressure so that they will noteasily fall off when any are being removed or by other cause. Thesereceptacles or envelopes z are for the purpose of holding the memoranda,data, 850., before mentioned, and are constructed, as is shown moreparticularly in Fig. 7, for that purpose. They may be constructed of anyform or size, and of any suitable material, but preferably ot'paperheavy enough to sustain the matter to be held within them. The front andback'are united by the wrinkled or corrugated ends g, shown in Figs. 3,6, and 7, so as to permit the front to swell from the back to givegreater holding capacity. At the upper end the corrugated end is tuckedunder the head i of the spring i, as shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 7 at a, tohold that end of the front up, or make it easy to open to receivematter.

The whole receptaclez when full and at rest may be held firmly togetherby the elastic bands encircling it, as shown at a", Fig. 3.

Each receptacle or envelope is provided at the upper end on its frontwith a detachable card, A, which is attached to the receptacle by havingits two ends tucked into a slit out near each side of the envelope, asshown in Fig. 2. These cards A are used to denote what is containedwithin the envelope and may be detached at will, thus avoiding thenecessity of defacing the front of the envelope or re ceptacle bywriting on it. Also, the receptacles 2 may be provided on either sidewith suitable rulings, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of denotingthe key to any library in alphabetical order with reference to volume,page, subject, 850., thus taking the place of books for that purpose.The letters shown on the receptacles zin Figs. 1 and 5, show analphabetical arran gementas to subject-matter contained within them whenit is desired to so indicate their contents. I

The rest a, Figs. 1 and 4, is hinged at its outer end to theskeleton-rack S, while its inner end terminates in a hook that slides upand down behind the spring on, which engages with it to hold the innerend of the rest a up, as shown in said figures, requiring no otherfastening at the inner end to hold it up, and.

hold the lower end of the suspended skeletonracks S out. A slight pushagainst the lower outer end of the rack causes the rest a to slide downat its inner end behind the spring m, and the rack to hangperpendicularly within the case, so that the case can be closed by thedoors D.

The object of suspending the skeleton-racks S to swing from the top ofthe case, is to permit the lower end of the rack to swing out of thecase, as shown in Fig. 4, so that when in use all the envelopes orreceptacles z will hang apart from each other, and will not bind witheach other when it is desired to remove any one of them. The aprons jattached to the lower front of the racks S are made serviceable aspockets to hold any material, and 0 represents straps fastened to thelower front of the rack to hold cords, 850.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. The serap-cabinet described, consisting of the case B and doors D,containing the swinging skeleton-racks S, receptacles or envelopes z,rests u, and springs m, all arranged to operate in the manner and forthe purpose set forth.

2. In the cabinet described, the racks S, arranged to swing from the topof the case B, in combination with the rest a and spring m, to hold upthe inner end of the restu and hold the lower end of the racks S out, inthe manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. In the scrap-cabinet described, the receptacle 2, having its sidesconnected by the corrugated or wrinkled ends g, spring-hook i,detachable card A, and having ruled sides for reference purposes, andarranged to hang suspended from the cross-bars a, of the swingingskeleton frame or rack S, in the manner A and for the purpose set fortlnJAMES S. NORRIS. Witnesses THOS. H. HUTCHINS, LEANDER LEACH.

